Cover for writing-tablets



(No Model.)

W. B. PEARSON.

OUVER FOR WRITING- TABLBTS.

No. 396,508. Patente Ja.11.\22, 1889.

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VILLIAM B. PEARSON, OF JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COVER FOR WRITING-TABLETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,508, dated January 22, 1889.

l Application filed February 6,1888. Serial No. 263,094. (No model.)

To all when?, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. PEARsoN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certainnewV and useful Improvements in Oovers for biting-Tablets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the inventilon, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of stationery or writing-tablets which are removably secured with binders or covers, so that new tablets may be inserted and secured within said binders or covers wh en the sheets of paper of former tablets have been eX- 'haustedg and the object of myinvention is to provide simple and effective means for fastening writing-tablets in their binders or covers, by which they may be easily and conveniently removed therefrom or inserted therein and held firmly in place after insertion, and also to provide a simple and effective means for securing blotters within tablet binders or covers, so that they, also,.

may be readily removed and renewed when desired.

To these ends my invention consists in the construction and arrangement or combination of parts of the improved writing-tablet, blotter, and binder or cover, as will be hereinafter fully disclosed in the description, drawings, and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which the same reference-numerals indicate the same parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the tablet, showing the cover open and the blotter folded or turned away from the tablet; Fig. 2, an edge view of the right side of the tablet with the covers closed; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of the same; and Fig. 4:, a top plan view of the cover as open and of the supporting-board of the tablet, all the sheets of the tablet being supposed to be removed, the supporting-board bein g shown as fastened upon the but-tons of the cover.

In the drawings, the numeralsl and 2 indicate the upper and lower lids of the cover,

they being connected at their rear or upper edges by means Aof a suit-able back, 3, having liexible connection with the top edge of the upper lid of the cover. A block, 4, preferably formed of wood and nearly triangular in cross-section, is secured to the back of the cover at one of the sides of its right. angle and to the inner rear portion of the lower leaf at the other side of its angle; also, its edges at the acute angles are cut off to form plane faces 5 and 6. This block serves to stiffenthe back of the cover and to hold said back and the lower lid of the cover at right angles to each other, the upper lid being the only movable part of the cover.

The inner face of the lower lid of the cover is provided with projecting buttons 7, and the tablet, which is composed oi' paper sheets 8, suitably secured at their rear edges to a backing, 9, is provided with a supporting-board, 10, which is secured to its under side, said board being formed with button -holes 11, which narrow toward one end, and by means of which and the buttons the tablet is secured to the lower lid of the cover.

A wire, 12, is secured in a groove, 13, which extends inward from the right end of the block e and has a recess, 14, formed at its inner end, which is located about the middle of the lowerY side of said block. The wire, which is adapted to be tilted in the bearing formed between the groove and the lower lid of the cover, is provided at its inner end with a bend, 15, which fits in said recess and serves as a stop for preventing the wire from sliding lengthwise and coming out, and at its outer end said wire is bent vat a right angle and forms an arm or stop, 16, which may be moved or tilted to bear against the right side of the tabletboard and hold the same in place after it has been secured by the buttons and button-holes and prevent said tablet-board from sliding laterally and becoming disengaged from the butt-ons. Another wire, 17, is fitted and adapted to rock or tilt in a groove, 18, formed in the block 4 on that side thereof which is secured to the back of the cover.

This wire has its ends bent, as shown, to forni arms having corresponding inwardlybent ends or pintles, 19,which are inserted into the ends of a folded or doubled edge, 20, formed at the inner or upper edge of the blotter 21. This folded or doubled edge may be either formed in the blotting-paper itself or by a strengthening-strip suitably secured to the same; also, the faces of the blotter, which may be so swung as to rest upon the sheet of the tablet or upon the top lid of the cover, may have a calendar, advertisement, or any suitable printing, marking', or configuration upon it, according' to the desire or fancy of the manufacturer or purchaser.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that this tablet may be made in the usual manner of making tablets, and that it only requires the attachment of the supporting-board to its backing; that the tablet may be removed in a moment of time by tilting or raising the retaining arm or stop from over the right side of the tablet-board and then sliding said tablet-board or the tablet to the right, which will have the effect of disengaging the buttons from the button-holes in said board, when the tablet may be removed, and that another tablet may be as readily inserted by merelybuttoning its supporting-board upon the buttons on the cover and tilting the retaining arm or stop vvback or down over the right side of said tablet-board,

The block, having the ri ght-angled faces and the beveled inner face, not only serves to stiften and support the cover and hold its back and lower lid at right angles to each other, but said beveled inner face admits of the sheets of t-he tablet being freely torn off without the tearing being stopped or obstructed by said block, as would be the case if the inner face of said block were vertical and bore directly against the backing of the tablet, since in such case the upper edge of the face would project in the way of the upper edges of the sheets, and thus cause them to be im properly torn, especially after a portion thereof had been torn out.

The blotter-holding wire, having its arms formed with the corresponding in wardly-bent ends or pintles, will admit of new or fresh blotters being readily inserted and secured in place in lieu of old or soiled blotters, it being only necessary to slightly bend the doubled or folded edge of the new blotter after having removed the old one, and then fit the ends of the fold upon the bent ends or pintles, when the new blotter will be properly in place. The arms of the wire are so hinged or pivoted that the blotter may be swung' freely and fully over the sheets of the tablet and then swung' back upon the upper lid of the cover and out of the way of the tablet.

It will be evident that the tablet and the binder or cover may be made ot' any suitable size and shape, and that said cover may be made of any suitable material and ornamented in any suitable manner 5 that the retaining arm or stop may be changed in location and substituted by any equivalent device for preventing the tablet from sliding and bringing the wider ends of the button-holes to register with the buttons that the buttonholes may be cut to point in a different direction from that shown in the drawings, so as to conform to any change in position of the retaining arm or stop without departing from the spirit of my invention; that the binder or cover, as shown, may be substituted by any other suitable support or backing if it be not desired to have the tablet held in the form of abook, and that the blotter and its wire and arms for securing and supporting it may be dispensed with, or said blotter may be supported in any other equivalent manner; but the construction shown and described is the one that I prefer.

Having thus fully described the construction, arrangement, and operation of the several parts of my invention, what I claim as,

new is 1. The combination, with a binder or cover provided with buttons, of a tablet provided with button-holes for permitting the attachment and detachment of said tablet to and from said binder or cover, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a binder or cover provided with buttons, of a tablet provided with a supporting-board formed with button holes for permitting the attachment and detachment of said tablet to and from said binder or cover, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a binder or cover provided with buttons with a tablet provided with a supporting-board formed with buttonholes which are wider at one endthan the. other for permitting' the attachment and de tachment of said tablet to and from said binder or cover, substantially as described.

4f. The colnbination, with a binder or cover provided with buttons, of a tablet provided with a supporting-board formed with buttonholes for the admission and removal of said buttons, and a tilting arm or stop for retaining and releasing said tablet in and from said binder or cover, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the cover provided with the block in its back and the buttons upon the inner face of its lower lid, the tablet provided with the supporting-board formed with button-holes, and the arm pivoted in the end of said block and serving as a stop for said tablet, substantially as and for the purpose described.

G. The combination of the cover provided with the buttons upon the inner face of its lower lid and with the block secured to its back and lower lid and formed with the groove 13, having' the recess 14C at its inner end, the tablet provided with the supporting-board, formed with the button-holes, and the tiltable wire 12, arranged in said groove 13, with its bend 15 in said recess 14e, and having its retaining arm or stop 16 at its outer end, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The `combination of the cover and the stiffening-block secured to the back and to the lower lid thereof, and having the beveled in-z IOO IIO

ner face, with the tablet, and devices for securing the same to the lower lid of said cover, substantially as and for the purpose described.

S. The combination of the binder or cover, the tablet secured to the same, the block secured to the back ot said binder or cover and formed with the groove 1S, the wire 17, arranged in said groove and having the arms at its ends bent to form pintles, and the blotter having the folded or doubled portion at its inner or upper edge for the reception of said pintles, substantially as described.

9. The combination, With the cover, the tablet removably secured thereto, and the block formed with the groove 18, of the Wire 17, adapted to be tilted or rocked in said groove, and having the arms at its ends bent to form registering or corresponding pintles, and the removable blotter having the fold at its inner or upper edge for the reception of said pintles, substantially as described.

10. The combination of the cover provided with the buttons upon the inner side of its lower lid and with the block having the beveled inner face, the tablet having the supporting-board formed With the button-holes, the retaining arm or stop pivoted in said block, the Wire having arms formed with pintles adapted to be tilted or rocked in said block, and the blotter having the fold at its inner or upper edge for the reception of said pintles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

VILLIAM B. PEARSON.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES A. BARNES, JNO. G. Looms. 

